-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/28/08 13:51, Rick Dooling wrote: >> I am not a hardware person. I have an old AMD Athlon XP chip 2700 that >> just quit working (I think) on an ASUS A7V8X motherboard. > >> If I replace with any socket A Athlon, say, a 2600, instead, same FSB >> and such, will I have to reinstall Debian, or will the same Kernel and >> install work okay with my current installation? > > No. Windows may do such shenanigans, but Linux doesn't. > >> I'm running Etch with the latest Etch and with whatever k7 kernels it >> gives me during normal updates. > >> Thank you for any help. > >> RD > > > >
Actually yes it will, Similar CPU's will work, especially with the massively generic debian kernels. I've moved a debian install between a pentium 3 and a amd athlon. just whack the new core in. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHx1y8LeTfO4yBSAcRApDmAJ9P6sammUvszxEybeR9ek46ee2NTgCfZpTX 002rJ3CaUcGg3e0xifZ11Ko= =KAbC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
